P. J. MARSHALL
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199226665
- eISBN:
- 9780191706813
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226665.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Political History
Anglo-French worldwide rivalry extended to India, where both nations traded through their East India companies. This rivalry, which had led to almost continuous warfare since the 1740s, merged into ...
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Anglo-French worldwide rivalry extended to India, where both nations traded through their East India companies. This rivalry, which had led to almost continuous warfare since the 1740s, merged into the rivalry of the Indian powers that were emerging as independent successor states from the breakdown of the Mughal Empire. The Europeans formed alliances with Indian princes. These alliances gave the British and French a potentially commanding influence over some of the Indian states. This influence led to total British control over Bengal in the events that followed the overthrow of the local ruler at the battle of Plassey in 1757. In the south, the British were able to defeat the French, but their position was weaker. Even so, by the end of the war the British East India Company had become a major territorial power in India, closely allied to the British state.Less
Anglo-French worldwide rivalry extended to India, where both nations traded through their East India companies. This rivalry, which had led to almost continuous warfare since the 1740s, merged into the rivalry of the Indian powers that were emerging as independent successor states from the breakdown of the Mughal Empire. The Europeans formed alliances with Indian princes. These alliances gave the British and French a potentially commanding influence over some of the Indian states. This influence led to total British control over Bengal in the events that followed the overthrow of the local ruler at the battle of Plassey in 1757. In the south, the British were able to defeat the French, but their position was weaker. Even so, by the end of the war the British East India Company had become a major territorial power in India, closely allied to the British state.
Saurabh Mishra
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198070603
- eISBN:
- 9780199080007
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198070603.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
In 1865 the first massive epidemic of cholera occurred in Mecca and caused havoc in various countries of Europe. Brought by the pilgrims, the disease seemed to travel fast and deep into territories ...
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In 1865 the first massive epidemic of cholera occurred in Mecca and caused havoc in various countries of Europe. Brought by the pilgrims, the disease seemed to travel fast and deep into territories that had earlier been sanitarily inviolate. What was seen in many European countries as self-evident and obvious was strongly challenged by the colonial Indian state which took exception to the portrayal of pilgrims from South Asia as disease carriers. The Europeans' desire to stop cholera in its tracks thus faced a seemingly insurmountable obstacle in the shape of the British Indian state. This chapter explores the differences between these two stands. It examines the commercial dimension of the Haj in detail and its connections with medical measures and disease definitions. It explores the links between subjects such as Indian cholera theories, commerce, and the rise of a public health administration in India.Less
In 1865 the first massive epidemic of cholera occurred in Mecca and caused havoc in various countries of Europe. Brought by the pilgrims, the disease seemed to travel fast and deep into territories that had earlier been sanitarily inviolate. What was seen in many European countries as self-evident and obvious was strongly challenged by the colonial Indian state which took exception to the portrayal of pilgrims from South Asia as disease carriers. The Europeans' desire to stop cholera in its tracks thus faced a seemingly insurmountable obstacle in the shape of the British Indian state. This chapter explores the differences between these two stands. It examines the commercial dimension of the Haj in detail and its connections with medical measures and disease definitions. It explores the links between subjects such as Indian cholera theories, commerce, and the rise of a public health administration in India.
Haimanti Roy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198081777
- eISBN:
- 9780199081875
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198081777.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
This chapter examines the Indian state’s relief and rehabilitation policies in West Bengal to argue that, in addition to being a patchwork of contingent and ad hoc solutions, such policies and the ...
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This chapter examines the Indian state’s relief and rehabilitation policies in West Bengal to argue that, in addition to being a patchwork of contingent and ad hoc solutions, such policies and the public discourse surrounding them constructed a paradoxical figure of the Bengali refugee: heroic but lazy, able to abandon their homeland but parochial about rehabilitation outside the boundaries of West Bengal, an economic migrant under the cloak of a refugee, shorn of agency yet subversive. In the eyes of the Indian State, the refugees from East Pakistan remained a ‘problem child’ whose path to self-reliant citizenship was handicapped not because faulty policies but partly due to the illegitimacy of such claims and partly due to the very ‘nature’ of the Bengali refugee. Such constructions stemmed partly from the official perception Bengal Partition had not entailed large-scale violence and consequently did not warrant permanent migration of refugees who could claim victimhood.Less
This chapter examines the Indian state’s relief and rehabilitation policies in West Bengal to argue that, in addition to being a patchwork of contingent and ad hoc solutions, such policies and the public discourse surrounding them constructed a paradoxical figure of the Bengali refugee: heroic but lazy, able to abandon their homeland but parochial about rehabilitation outside the boundaries of West Bengal, an economic migrant under the cloak of a refugee, shorn of agency yet subversive. In the eyes of the Indian State, the refugees from East Pakistan remained a ‘problem child’ whose path to self-reliant citizenship was handicapped not because faulty policies but partly due to the illegitimacy of such claims and partly due to the very ‘nature’ of the Bengali refugee. Such constructions stemmed partly from the official perception Bengal Partition had not entailed large-scale violence and consequently did not warrant permanent migration of refugees who could claim victimhood.
Samir Kumar Das
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198084945
- eISBN:
- 9780199082391
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198084945.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
The introductory chapter discusses the literature on the Indian state during the post-independence period. This volume explores research and writings on issues about political economy, social policy, ...
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The introductory chapter discusses the literature on the Indian state during the post-independence period. This volume explores research and writings on issues about political economy, social policy, law, and state of rights, the era of economic reforms and globalization, and analyses their implications on the social character of the Indian state. This chapter also discusses perspectives and approaches considered in the analysis of the Indian state such as institutionalism, state pluralism, and discourse analysis.Less
The introductory chapter discusses the literature on the Indian state during the post-independence period. This volume explores research and writings on issues about political economy, social policy, law, and state of rights, the era of economic reforms and globalization, and analyses their implications on the social character of the Indian state. This chapter also discusses perspectives and approaches considered in the analysis of the Indian state such as institutionalism, state pluralism, and discourse analysis.
Sobhanlal Datta Gupta
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198084945
- eISBN:
- 9780199082391
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198084945.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
This chapter examines the literature on the changing perception of the social character of the Indian state. It analyses the relevant works of Baldev Raj Nayar, Zoya Hasan, Partha Chatterjee, and ...
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This chapter examines the literature on the changing perception of the social character of the Indian state. It analyses the relevant works of Baldev Raj Nayar, Zoya Hasan, Partha Chatterjee, and Samir Kumar Das, to name a few, and provides an exhaustive overview of the literature relating to the changing profile of the Indian State over the years. The analysis indicates that there is no dominant trend in existing research about the Indian State and that most studies are marked by ‘contradiction’. This chapter also considers the relation between the Indian state and the demands of democracy and highlights the fact that the state in India is yet to attain a hegemonic status.Less
This chapter examines the literature on the changing perception of the social character of the Indian state. It analyses the relevant works of Baldev Raj Nayar, Zoya Hasan, Partha Chatterjee, and Samir Kumar Das, to name a few, and provides an exhaustive overview of the literature relating to the changing profile of the Indian State over the years. The analysis indicates that there is no dominant trend in existing research about the Indian State and that most studies are marked by ‘contradiction’. This chapter also considers the relation between the Indian state and the demands of democracy and highlights the fact that the state in India is yet to attain a hegemonic status.
Supriya RoyChowdhury
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198084945
- eISBN:
- 9780199082391
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198084945.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
This chapter examines research and literature about the history of the political economy of the Indian state. It explores how the left-leaning scholarship has seriously constrained the state’s ...
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This chapter examines research and literature about the history of the political economy of the Indian state. It explores how the left-leaning scholarship has seriously constrained the state’s welfare and redistributive capacities. It discusses how a structuralist understanding of the state as predominantly determined by the logic of capitalist development has been widely shared by this genre of scholars. It also highlights the emergence of the state as the protector of corporate capital in the name of development and the latter as the most powerful shaper of state policies.Less
This chapter examines research and literature about the history of the political economy of the Indian state. It explores how the left-leaning scholarship has seriously constrained the state’s welfare and redistributive capacities. It discusses how a structuralist understanding of the state as predominantly determined by the logic of capitalist development has been widely shared by this genre of scholars. It also highlights the emergence of the state as the protector of corporate capital in the name of development and the latter as the most powerful shaper of state policies.
Mathew Joseph C.
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198085409
- eISBN:
- 9780199082469
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198085409.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
This chapter examines the history of civil society activism in India and its link to the international/global civil society. It describes the civil society movements in India including the emergence ...
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This chapter examines the history of civil society activism in India and its link to the international/global civil society. It describes the civil society movements in India including the emergence of new social movements, non-governmental organizations, and the ‘uncivil’ elements in the civil society since 1990. It explains that the new social movements and other civil society organizations in India operated in the same way as their counterparts in other countries because of their refusal to be co-opted by the Indian state.Less
This chapter examines the history of civil society activism in India and its link to the international/global civil society. It describes the civil society movements in India including the emergence of new social movements, non-governmental organizations, and the ‘uncivil’ elements in the civil society since 1990. It explains that the new social movements and other civil society organizations in India operated in the same way as their counterparts in other countries because of their refusal to be co-opted by the Indian state.
Rowena Robinson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199827732
- eISBN:
- 9780199950553
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199827732.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter examines the relationship between the Indian state, Muslim nonstate actors, and the inherent relationship between religion, secularity, and human security. It focuses on Muslim activists ...
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This chapter examines the relationship between the Indian state, Muslim nonstate actors, and the inherent relationship between religion, secularity, and human security. It focuses on Muslim activists and secular leaders in western India, particularly on Mumbai and Gujarat where, in recent decades, targeted attacks on Muslims have occurred. In fact, in both these cases, the state has been indicted for its complicity in the violence. These events and their aftermaths provide a window through which we can observe nonstate Muslim activists directly contesting with the state for the sake of increased human security. Human security includes the provision of welfare, human rights, and a socially subjective view of human autonomy. Because of a large Muslim population, the Indian state cannot limit its jurisdiction to the protection of property. It must also include the defense of Muslim rights as well as the recognition of Muslims' social and subjective desires for self-expression and autonomy.Less
This chapter examines the relationship between the Indian state, Muslim nonstate actors, and the inherent relationship between religion, secularity, and human security. It focuses on Muslim activists and secular leaders in western India, particularly on Mumbai and Gujarat where, in recent decades, targeted attacks on Muslims have occurred. In fact, in both these cases, the state has been indicted for its complicity in the violence. These events and their aftermaths provide a window through which we can observe nonstate Muslim activists directly contesting with the state for the sake of increased human security. Human security includes the provision of welfare, human rights, and a socially subjective view of human autonomy. Because of a large Muslim population, the Indian state cannot limit its jurisdiction to the protection of property. It must also include the defense of Muslim rights as well as the recognition of Muslims' social and subjective desires for self-expression and autonomy.
Narayan Lakshman
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198069980
- eISBN:
- 9780199081288
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198069980.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
The concluding chapter discusses several of the main arguments and results that were presented in the previous chapters. It looks at their implications on the broader literature for pro-poor ...
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The concluding chapter discusses several of the main arguments and results that were presented in the previous chapters. It looks at their implications on the broader literature for pro-poor politics, as well as for politics in other Indian states. The chapter starts with a recollection of the basic results in terms of the original research hypotheses. It then moves on to a discussion on the implications of the arguments found in this book. The extent to which these results can be used to improve an understanding of state politics in other Indian states is studied as well. The final section in the chapter focuses on the possible areas for future research and where the methods used in this book can also be applied.Less
The concluding chapter discusses several of the main arguments and results that were presented in the previous chapters. It looks at their implications on the broader literature for pro-poor politics, as well as for politics in other Indian states. The chapter starts with a recollection of the basic results in terms of the original research hypotheses. It then moves on to a discussion on the implications of the arguments found in this book. The extent to which these results can be used to improve an understanding of state politics in other Indian states is studied as well. The final section in the chapter focuses on the possible areas for future research and where the methods used in this book can also be applied.
Samir Kumar Das and Achin Vanaik (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198084945
- eISBN:
- 9780199082391
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198084945.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
The Indian State is the first of a four-volume research surveys and explorations in political science conducted by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). While focusing ...
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The Indian State is the first of a four-volume research surveys and explorations in political science conducted by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). While focusing on the review of literature on the Indian State during 2003–9, this volume goes beyond the confines of this period to explore links, continuities, and research trends since the 1950s. Exploring the themes of the social character of the Indian State, political economy, social policy, and law and rights, the volume provides a summary evaluation of the state of research on these themes. It also highlights research trends, provides a valuable bibliographic guide, and suggests possible lines of future enquiry. In the course of their analyses, the contributors capture the trajectory of the evolution of various perspectives and theoretical frameworks that have significantly informed the writings on this subject—institutionalism and neo-institutionalism in the 1950s and 1960s; pluralism and state pluralism as well as Marxism in the 1970s; cultural studies and discourse analysis; and critical studies that emerged at the beginning of the new millennium.Less
The Indian State is the first of a four-volume research surveys and explorations in political science conducted by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). While focusing on the review of literature on the Indian State during 2003–9, this volume goes beyond the confines of this period to explore links, continuities, and research trends since the 1950s. Exploring the themes of the social character of the Indian State, political economy, social policy, and law and rights, the volume provides a summary evaluation of the state of research on these themes. It also highlights research trends, provides a valuable bibliographic guide, and suggests possible lines of future enquiry. In the course of their analyses, the contributors capture the trajectory of the evolution of various perspectives and theoretical frameworks that have significantly informed the writings on this subject—institutionalism and neo-institutionalism in the 1950s and 1960s; pluralism and state pluralism as well as Marxism in the 1970s; cultural studies and discourse analysis; and critical studies that emerged at the beginning of the new millennium.
Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780300215922
- eISBN:
- 9780300224993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300215922.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
This introductory chapter assesses state capacity in India. There is little question, as many boosters of India's rise have argued, that the Indian state has exhibited considerable ability to tackle ...
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This introductory chapter assesses state capacity in India. There is little question, as many boosters of India's rise have argued, that the Indian state has exhibited considerable ability to tackle diverse challenges since its emergence from the collapse of the British Indian Empire. It has, for the most part, successfully fended off external challenges to its territorial integrity; it has worn down a series of secessionist insurgencies and has managed to cope with the many fissiparous tendencies of ethnic, class, and religious cleavages that some analysts thought would tear the country apart in the 1960s. However, state capacity remains paradoxical in India. India does not possess a weak state, but neither does it have a strong state. Its state capacity falls in between the conventional weak-strong continuum. As a consequence, the Indian state manifests both strengths and weakness, sometimes simultaneously, sometimes intermittently.Less
This introductory chapter assesses state capacity in India. There is little question, as many boosters of India's rise have argued, that the Indian state has exhibited considerable ability to tackle diverse challenges since its emergence from the collapse of the British Indian Empire. It has, for the most part, successfully fended off external challenges to its territorial integrity; it has worn down a series of secessionist insurgencies and has managed to cope with the many fissiparous tendencies of ethnic, class, and religious cleavages that some analysts thought would tear the country apart in the 1960s. However, state capacity remains paradoxical in India. India does not possess a weak state, but neither does it have a strong state. Its state capacity falls in between the conventional weak-strong continuum. As a consequence, the Indian state manifests both strengths and weakness, sometimes simultaneously, sometimes intermittently.
Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198084945
- eISBN:
- 9780199082391
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198084945.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
Examining research and literature on the social policy of the Indian State, this chapter focuses on education reform and employment guarantee. It analyses the tensions and conflicts associated with ...
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Examining research and literature on the social policy of the Indian State, this chapter focuses on education reform and employment guarantee. It analyses the tensions and conflicts associated with social policies in India and its political context. It also evaluates the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and suggests that the scheme has enabled the rural poor to take some risks which could not have been possible if they were entirely dependent on subsistence agriculture. This chapter also highlights the significant transformation of the concept of welfare in recent years.Less
Examining research and literature on the social policy of the Indian State, this chapter focuses on education reform and employment guarantee. It analyses the tensions and conflicts associated with social policies in India and its political context. It also evaluates the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and suggests that the scheme has enabled the rural poor to take some risks which could not have been possible if they were entirely dependent on subsistence agriculture. This chapter also highlights the significant transformation of the concept of welfare in recent years.
Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781469636405
- eISBN:
- 9781469636429
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469636405.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
This chapter focuses on Collier and the US Indian Service (IS). Collier brought applied anthology into the Indian Service so as to develop culturally appropriate policies—an innovation he claimed was ...
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This chapter focuses on Collier and the US Indian Service (IS). Collier brought applied anthology into the Indian Service so as to develop culturally appropriate policies—an innovation he claimed was inspired by what he saw in Mexico. Collier drew on examples of indirect colonial rule, including Spanish colonialism in New Spain, to further a scientific democratic governance of cultural and racial differences. Collier and others sought to promote and use democratic forms of Native leadership. During and after the Second World War, Collier, along with Laura Thompson and other academics, extended what they had learned regarding the management of ethnic difference to the Japanese-American internment camp at Poston, Arizona, which was run by the Indian Service, and, later, to U.S. “dependencies” abroad and “minorities” at home. This chapter charts the shift toward a more universalizing view of modernization and its application to diverse groups.Less
This chapter focuses on Collier and the US Indian Service (IS). Collier brought applied anthology into the Indian Service so as to develop culturally appropriate policies—an innovation he claimed was inspired by what he saw in Mexico. Collier drew on examples of indirect colonial rule, including Spanish colonialism in New Spain, to further a scientific democratic governance of cultural and racial differences. Collier and others sought to promote and use democratic forms of Native leadership. During and after the Second World War, Collier, along with Laura Thompson and other academics, extended what they had learned regarding the management of ethnic difference to the Japanese-American internment camp at Poston, Arizona, which was run by the Indian Service, and, later, to U.S. “dependencies” abroad and “minorities” at home. This chapter charts the shift toward a more universalizing view of modernization and its application to diverse groups.
Ravinder Kaur
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195683776
- eISBN:
- 9780199081844
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195683776.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Migration Studies (including Refugee Studies)
This chapter reports the active presence of the Indian state in the resettlement process. It is shown that state apparatus is not necessarily a congruent and coordinated unit but rather a ...
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This chapter reports the active presence of the Indian state in the resettlement process. It is shown that state apparatus is not necessarily a congruent and coordinated unit but rather a conglomeration of various governmental agencies working autonomously towards common goals. The resettlement of the Partition refugees was the first challenge before the newly independent state. Class divisions continued from the last journeys into the transit refugee camps and the permanent housing projects. This chapter focuses on the spatial competition between the state and the migrants. The role of the state in the urban expansion of Delhi became more pronounced when it started its project of providing permanent resettlement to the refugees. The resettlement process separated the owners of capital (of any kind) from the non-owners.Less
This chapter reports the active presence of the Indian state in the resettlement process. It is shown that state apparatus is not necessarily a congruent and coordinated unit but rather a conglomeration of various governmental agencies working autonomously towards common goals. The resettlement of the Partition refugees was the first challenge before the newly independent state. Class divisions continued from the last journeys into the transit refugee camps and the permanent housing projects. This chapter focuses on the spatial competition between the state and the migrants. The role of the state in the urban expansion of Delhi became more pronounced when it started its project of providing permanent resettlement to the refugees. The resettlement process separated the owners of capital (of any kind) from the non-owners.
Menski Werner
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195699210
- eISBN:
- 9780199080298
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195699210.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
This chapter discusses the transition of Hindu law to postmodernity. This change of Hindu law is charted through an analysis of different processes of society-state interactions in post-colonial ...
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This chapter discusses the transition of Hindu law to postmodernity. This change of Hindu law is charted through an analysis of different processes of society-state interactions in post-colonial India. It also identifies the role of judicial activity as critical in shaping this development, particularly in following the constitutional crisis of legitimacy of the modern Indian state and its desperate and draconian attempts.Less
This chapter discusses the transition of Hindu law to postmodernity. This change of Hindu law is charted through an analysis of different processes of society-state interactions in post-colonial India. It also identifies the role of judicial activity as critical in shaping this development, particularly in following the constitutional crisis of legitimacy of the modern Indian state and its desperate and draconian attempts.
Mangesh Kulkarni
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198084945
- eISBN:
- 9780199082391
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198084945.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
This chapter examines research and literature on the role of law and rights in Indian state. It discusses the writings about issues such as judicial activism, violation and assertion of rights, the ...
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This chapter examines research and literature on the role of law and rights in Indian state. It discusses the writings about issues such as judicial activism, violation and assertion of rights, the role of law as an instrument of social transformation, and debates about the Constitution. While the state looks upon the issue of rights in more managerial terms, the more intractable rights claims that spark off tumultuous democratic politics and threaten to disrupt the constitutional order continues to exist. This chapter also considers the government’s Unique Identification Number Project (UIDNP) and the nationalization of private enterprises intended to create a socialistic pattern of society.Less
This chapter examines research and literature on the role of law and rights in Indian state. It discusses the writings about issues such as judicial activism, violation and assertion of rights, the role of law as an instrument of social transformation, and debates about the Constitution. While the state looks upon the issue of rights in more managerial terms, the more intractable rights claims that spark off tumultuous democratic politics and threaten to disrupt the constitutional order continues to exist. This chapter also considers the government’s Unique Identification Number Project (UIDNP) and the nationalization of private enterprises intended to create a socialistic pattern of society.
Gillum Ferguson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252036743
- eISBN:
- 9780252094552
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252036743.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter considers a treaty of peace at Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814 by American and British commissioners. Initially, the British had insisted on creation of a permanent and ...
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This chapter considers a treaty of peace at Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814 by American and British commissioners. Initially, the British had insisted on creation of a permanent and semi-independent Indian buffer state north of the line drawn by the Treaty of Greenville, within which the United States would be forever barred from demanding further cessions of land. The American commissioners absolutely refused to consider such a proposal, and the British, weary of war after twenty years fighting against the power of Napoleonic France, yielded. Instead, they were able to obtain only a face-saving provision, Article IX of the treaty, which guaranteed their Indian allies all the possessions, rights, and privileges they may have enjoyed, or been entitled to, in 1811, provided they ceased hostilities against the United States.Less
This chapter considers a treaty of peace at Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814 by American and British commissioners. Initially, the British had insisted on creation of a permanent and semi-independent Indian buffer state north of the line drawn by the Treaty of Greenville, within which the United States would be forever barred from demanding further cessions of land. The American commissioners absolutely refused to consider such a proposal, and the British, weary of war after twenty years fighting against the power of Napoleonic France, yielded. Instead, they were able to obtain only a face-saving provision, Article IX of the treaty, which guaranteed their Indian allies all the possessions, rights, and privileges they may have enjoyed, or been entitled to, in 1811, provided they ceased hostilities against the United States.
Jayan Jose Thomas
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199458936
- eISBN:
- 9780199086887
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199458936.003.0002
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
This chapter discusses the regional aspects of India’s industrial growth. It finds that over the decades, the western states, mainly Maharashtra and Gujarat, have accounted for a disproportionately ...
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This chapter discusses the regional aspects of India’s industrial growth. It finds that over the decades, the western states, mainly Maharashtra and Gujarat, have accounted for a disproportionately large share of value added by the organized manufacturing sector in the country. But factory employment has grown the fastest in the southern states, mainly Tamil Nadu. In the case of the unorganized manufacturing, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have been the leading states. Such regional differences owe to a range of historical and contemporary factors. Regional imbalances in industrial growth have actually widened with the decline in public investment during the post-reform years. The chapter shows that these states have been competing with each other to attract foreign and domestic private investments, hurting the larger goals of development.Less
This chapter discusses the regional aspects of India’s industrial growth. It finds that over the decades, the western states, mainly Maharashtra and Gujarat, have accounted for a disproportionately large share of value added by the organized manufacturing sector in the country. But factory employment has grown the fastest in the southern states, mainly Tamil Nadu. In the case of the unorganized manufacturing, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have been the leading states. Such regional differences owe to a range of historical and contemporary factors. Regional imbalances in industrial growth have actually widened with the decline in public investment during the post-reform years. The chapter shows that these states have been competing with each other to attract foreign and domestic private investments, hurting the larger goals of development.
Carey Anthony Watt
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195668025
- eISBN:
- 9780199081905
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195668025.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
This book has tried to show the significant connections between Indian social service practices and the wider world of ‘public politics’, nation-building, and nationalism in the first two decades of ...
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This book has tried to show the significant connections between Indian social service practices and the wider world of ‘public politics’, nation-building, and nationalism in the first two decades of the twentieth century. The author lists his conclusions as being the crucial relationship between an active citizenry and a vibrant public life; the establishment of the belief that the creation of healthy students make for more patriotic citizens; the overlap of Indian and global notions of charity and philanthropy; the creation of national solidarity through social service movements; their tacit support of the political activities of the Congress party; and their contribution to the slow de-legitimizing of the colonial state. The author ends by stating that there is no direct link between the social service practices of the 1910s and 21st century Indian civil society (with its vibrant NGO sector) which is completely different.Less
This book has tried to show the significant connections between Indian social service practices and the wider world of ‘public politics’, nation-building, and nationalism in the first two decades of the twentieth century. The author lists his conclusions as being the crucial relationship between an active citizenry and a vibrant public life; the establishment of the belief that the creation of healthy students make for more patriotic citizens; the overlap of Indian and global notions of charity and philanthropy; the creation of national solidarity through social service movements; their tacit support of the political activities of the Congress party; and their contribution to the slow de-legitimizing of the colonial state. The author ends by stating that there is no direct link between the social service practices of the 1910s and 21st century Indian civil society (with its vibrant NGO sector) which is completely different.
Pradip Ninan Thomas
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780199494620
- eISBN:
- 9780199097869
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199494620.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
This chapter introduces some of the key themes related to digital India against the background of India’s political economy and digital geopolitics. It introduces the contributions made by David ...
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This chapter introduces some of the key themes related to digital India against the background of India’s political economy and digital geopolitics. It introduces the contributions made by David Harvey to understanding the new forms of imperialism and Karl Polanyi’s critique of the all-sufficient, self-correcting market. Both their contributions provide a framework to understand the rollout of the digital in India. The Indian State’s many digital entanglements reflect its ambitions to become a knowledge superpower, although, as this chapter argues, these ambitions sit uneasily within the multifaceted reality of an unevenly developing India and pressure from one of its strongest trade partners, the USA. India has developed extraordinary capacities in some areas such as satellites, but its complexities are a legion. This chapter argues that the rollout of the digital simply has to contend with the country’s many complexities.Less
This chapter introduces some of the key themes related to digital India against the background of India’s political economy and digital geopolitics. It introduces the contributions made by David Harvey to understanding the new forms of imperialism and Karl Polanyi’s critique of the all-sufficient, self-correcting market. Both their contributions provide a framework to understand the rollout of the digital in India. The Indian State’s many digital entanglements reflect its ambitions to become a knowledge superpower, although, as this chapter argues, these ambitions sit uneasily within the multifaceted reality of an unevenly developing India and pressure from one of its strongest trade partners, the USA. India has developed extraordinary capacities in some areas such as satellites, but its complexities are a legion. This chapter argues that the rollout of the digital simply has to contend with the country’s many complexities.
